From the East Village Community Coalition: Reminder: THURSDAY – Please attend a Community Board 3 hearing, Thursday, Jan 15 @ 6:30 PM in the Community Board 3 office @ 59 East 4th Street (bet 2nd Avenue & Bowery) to support the proposal by EVCC & GVSHP to LANDMARK the endangered Russian Orthodox Cathedral, at 59 […]
From the East Village Community Coalition: Reminder: THURSDAY – Please attend a Community Board 3 hearing, Thursday, Jan 15 @ 6:30 PM in the Community Board 3 office @ 59 East 4th Street (bet 2nd Avenue & Bowery) to support the proposal by EVCC & GVSHP to LANDMARK the endangered Russian Orthodox Cathedral, at 59 […]
Gilbert Rohde: Modern Design for Modern Living Tuesday, February 10 6:30 pm Museum of the City of New York Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street Gilbert Rohde helped bring modern design to America in the years before World War II with his modular office furniture, boomerang coffee tables, a plastic chair, and other innovations — some […]
From the Committee To Save The Cheyenne Diner: Michael Perlman, Chairman & Preservationist, [email protected] HISTORIC CHEYENNE DINER FOR SALE ONCE AGAIN: Must Be Transported ASAP or Will Be Demolished! NEW YORK, NY (Jan 8, 2009) – NYC’s historic Cheyenne Diner (411 9th Ave & 33rd St), “the diner of popular demand,” is now for sale […]
SOME PLACE LIKE HOME: The Fight against Gentrification in Downtown Brooklyn A film by FUREE. Narrated by Kevin Powell. JANUARY SCREENINGS Fri., Jan. 16, 2009 @ 8:30pm Spoke the Hub Re:Creation Center 748 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY Curated by Isabel Hill Admission: $5 Q&A to follow screening. RSVP: (718) 408-3234 Sat., Jan. 17, 2009 between […]
SOME PLACE LIKE HOME: The Fight against Gentrification in Downtown Brooklyn A film by FUREE. Narrated by Kevin Powell. JANUARY SCREENINGS Fri., Jan. 16, 2009 @ 8:30pm Spoke the Hub Re:Creation Center 748 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY Curated by Isabel Hill Admission: $5 Q&A to follow screening. RSVP: (718) 408-3234 Sat., Jan. 17, 2009 between […]
From Pat Salmon ([email protected]) Please join me this spring for The History of Staten Island, an eleven-week Personal Enrichment course being held at the beautiful campus of Wagner College. The series will run on Saturdays from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. beginning on March 7, 2009, and ending on May 30, 2009 (excluding Saturdays, March 28 and May 23, 2009). […]
RALLY TO SAVE THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE Sunday, January 11@ 10:30 AM Corner of Washington St. & Prospect St., DUMBO, Brooklyn Two Trees Management wants to build an 18-story (over 200 feet high!) residential tower at Dock Street in DUMBO. It will permanently block views of and from the Brooklyn Bridge – a National Historic Landmark […]
Happy New Year from the Historic Districts Council! We hope you’ve been enjoying the holiday season and look forward to seeing you at the first Coffee Talk event of 2009! WORKING WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS Monday Morning Coffee Talk, with Dirk McCall Monday, January 12, 2009 8:30-10:00 am Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 East 11th Street […]
From The New York Times: Soon to Be Brooklyn Parkland By Jake Mooney “Pier 1, in an area that already draws flocks of tourists to the Fulton Ferry Landing, Grimaldi’s Pizzeria and the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, is to feature a riverfront promenade and a 25-foot hill looking out onto New York Harbor. At the […]
